they must not only consent to the baptism, but also agree to bring the child up in the Catholic religion. But if a child is surely dying, we may baptize it without either the consent or permission ...

Having become a child of God clothed with the wedding ... and with good reason are accepted as brothers by the children of the Catholic Church." 81 "Baptism therefore constitutes the sacramental ...

According to the Holy Scriptures and Catholic doctrine, baptism is the act by which a person is cleansed of original sin, becomes a child of God, and is incorporated into the Church community.

I suspect that same-sex couples’ children are refused baptism because a judgment has been made that they cannot raise their child in the Catholic faith as L.G.B.T.Q. parents. This is not true.

In 18 th-century Catholic France, it was mandatory to baptize an infant within 24 hours of birth because of fears concerning the fate of a child who died without baptism. Such a child was not ...

9 (UPI) --The Catholic Church will allow ... in favor of granting the rite of baptism, citing the Church's Code of Canon law, which says "for the child to be baptized there must be a well-founded ...

It said transgender people could be godparents at a baptism at the discretion ... it from a surrogate mother could have that child baptized in a Catholic ceremony. The response said that for ...

Transsexual people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms ... whether a same-sex couple could have a church baptism for an adopted child or one obtained through a surrogate mother.